Impact of gender on coronary bypass operative mortality

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Edwards, Fred H ^a   Carey, Joseph S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Grover, Frederick L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bero, Joseph W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hartz, Renee S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Summit Medical Systems   (United States)

^e Tulane Medical School ^*

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY SURFACE AREA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032125736     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00358-0     Document Type: Article

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